Review: Turkish Airlines Business Class, Istanbul to Stockholm

Turkish Airlines B737 business class, Istanbul to Stockholm

Trip to Dubai, Abu Dhabi & Cebu Flying Qatar Airways & Turkish Airlines Business Class

Flight: TK1795
Departure time in Istanbul (IST): 14:45 (actual 14:50)
Arrival time in Stockholm (ARN): 1720 (actual 17:57)
Aircraft: Boeing 737-900 (TC-JYN)
Seat: 4A
Duration: 3h 35m (actual 4h 7m)
Date of flight: April 11, 2022
*This is a revenue economy ticket upgraded using Elite Plus voucher, Business Class flight #227

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Turkish Airlines Miles&Smiles Lounge, Istanbul

Clearing security check using fast track, I went straight to the Turkish Airlines Miles&Smiles Lounge which I think is one of the best business class lounges in the world.

Boarding, Gate B6-A

It was a long walk to B gates so I left the lounge early.

Gate B6-A

Boarding started at 2:22pm with both economy and business class passengers boarding at the same time. Waiting outside the door is a trolley where passengers can grab a hygiene set and earphones.

Aircraft, Boeing 737-900

The 7-year old Boeing 737 flying us to Stockholm

Business Class Cabin

The business class cabin consists of 16 seats in a 2-2 configuration from rows 1-4.

View of the cabin from my seat

From the website´s seat map, I chose seat 4A. On this flight half of the cabin was full.

Seat 4A

Welcome to my seat 4A 👍

Coat hook, literature pocket

Safety card, air-sickness bag

Seat control

Drinks table

Under the right armrest is the personal screen and I ended up watching the continuation of Ron´s Gone Wrong.

IFE controller

Headphones socket, USB power ports

I also got a pillow for this 4 hour long flight 👍

The crew also distributed the usual Philips headphones.

Pre-departure Beverage

Raspberry, orange juice, lemon mint and water

I chose a glass of raspberry mint juice which was refreshing 👍

Push back & Safety Video

Pushback began at 2:50pm.

Just about the same time, the safety video was played on the screen. At 3:04pm, we had a nice take off.

Dining

Menu card and wine list

Menu card

Beverage list

The meal was served with plastic covers on them.

The Potpourri of seafood was perfect but unfortunately the bread was hard 👎

I would have wanted the Sea bass en papilotte for my main course. Unfortunately, all the fish meal were already served so I ended up choosing the Rigatoni. It tasted like the pasta they serve in the lounge in Istanbul which was perfect 😋

To end the meal, I had a cup of green tea.

Lavatory

There was one lavatory located in front of the cabin. The amenities where from Molton Brown.

Lavatory

Airshow

Airshow enroute to Stockholm

Landing in Stockholm

Around 5:22pm, the captain was back on PA to give us updated flight information including the temperature in Stockholm which was 9 degrees and that we would be landing at 6pm.

We landed in Stockholm at 5:57pm and reached our gate seven minutes later.

Luggage were to be picked up from belt 3 and as a business class passenger, I was among those who got their luggage first.

CONCLUSION

It was another great flight in Turkish Airlines business class. The crew were friendly although I thought they were hurrying a bit in clearing the plates during meal service. Also, the bread was hard which was unfortunate because for me, good bread are great bread on planes. Otherwise, the meal in general was okay and the pasta which was not my first choice was perfect. Overall, a nice flight.

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